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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thanks so much Peggy W.. bless you

Peggy Woods 3 years agofrom Houston, Texas

It must be terrible to die of such a death when caught out in the bitter cold like that. You not only paint the picture with broad strokes but also with the finer details with your words. Excellent job!

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

u too lady :)

Joanna Chandler 3 years agofrom On planet Earth

Hi hi good day to you Frank :)

lovely poem

Thank U for sharing with us

~``Have a wonderful day ``~

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thanks kevin good to see you happy new year

The Examiner-1 3 years ago

That sure broke the ice in my books Frank. I thought that it was impressive. I voted up, shared and pinned it.

Kevin

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thanks mckbirdbks :)

mckbirdbks 3 years agofrom Emerald Wells, Just off the crossroads,Texas

This had a well paced tempo. Both bold and cold.

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thanks for visiting my frost bite Genna bless you

Genna East 3 years agofrom Massachusetts, USA

As I feel the New England cold, this imagery seems all too real. Superb write, Frank! Stunning.

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you CrisSp...:)

CrisSp 3 years agofrom Sky Is The Limit Adventure

Shivering!

Tragic but beautifully expressed and penned.

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

ur comment actually made me laugh.. but so many people to say thanks for stopping by.. I plumbed forgot.. but it was the best comment I had in a long time.. thanks Jackie

Jackie Lynnley 3 years agofrom The Beautiful South

not on purpose...no....lol

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

of course i read it and i chuckled because it was amusing.. of course ur husband would not leave you out there to freeze...

Jackie Lynnley 3 years agofrom The Beautiful South

Now I gave you that whole story in a comment and did not even get a hit on it! p

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you Audrey and jhamann.. happy new years to you guys too

Jamie Lee Hamann 3 years agofrom Reno NV

What an intense read, this poem takes you to the last breath in the cold. Well done. I hope you have a wonderful New Year. Jamie

Audrey Howitt 3 years agofrom California

Happy New Year Frank! As always, a treat to read your work!

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

I believe in the ficion of it Purvis thanks for stopping by :)

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you so much Anna, My dear Faith and to business for reading my Frost

PurvisBobbi44 3 years agofrom Florida

Hi,

An awesome poem of death, and then the spirit life begins. Our time on earth is short, but our spirit world is forever. What do you believe?

Bobbi Purvis

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

Nell, Jackie and the lovedoctor.. happy new year guys and good to see you Marlene..thanks for reading my frost...:)

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you so much Clive, smilealot, glad you liked it.. and Tilsontitan and MsDora always good to see you guys bless you all

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you Eric, Artdiva and annart for stopping by bless you

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you Billybuc, Phylliss and always exploring for reading my poem

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you so much Jodah and Flourishanyways for reading my frost bite

Jo Alexis-Hagues 3 years agofrom Bedfordshire, U.K

Spine chillingly good, not a nice way to go but so well sone!!

Anna Haven 3 years agofrom Scotland

You spin tales of demise so beautifully. Nicely done. :)

Faith Reaper 3 years agofrom southern USA

Wow, dramatic poetry here, dear Frank! Love it, and felt frantic while reading it due to the manner in which it was written. Well done! Brrr ... frost bite is no joke.

Up +++ tweeting, pinning and sharing

Stay warm ... with lots of hugs : )

Jackie Lynnley 3 years agofrom The Beautiful South

This could be my story... so really tragic. Here it is winter and I am waiting on surgery on my neck before it gets dangerous and each time I have to go out in the cold (have to care for my chickens) I tell my husband to pay attention in case I am not back in a little while and he just doesn't even hear me! ( I mean what if I fall and can't get up?) I picture myself in this very position while he has got his nose in his computer and the volume so loud no amount of shouting could cut through! I do laugh about it while knowing full well this could be my story!

Nell Rose 3 years agofrom England

What a chilling poem, in more ways than one! freezing to death must be awful, but you always write it so well! voted up and shared, nell

lovedoctor926 3 years ago

I can visualize this perfectly. Good description. The image goes with the poem.

Dora Weithers 3 years agofrom The Caribbean

I sensed his fight to resist death, but it seems that when he shows up, even if anyone else is there, he wins. Sorry about his plight!

Mary Craig 3 years agofrom New York

Geeze, here I am trying to get warm and you chill my bones! Well done as always my friend. Just the thought of freezing to death sends shivers up my spine.

Voted up, awesome, and interesting.

Smilealot 3 years ago

A great description of a desperate and losing, fight for life....Chilling stuff (sorry) Frank..voted up and awesome:-))

I found myself associating this not only to a person but to a tree, especially as I read a few days ago about trees exploding in extreme cold!

This is bleak, chilling and inevitable. Hope has gone, death creeps up.

Your writing at its best.

Ann

ArtDiva 3 years ago

You certainly know how to deliver the dark side... and drawn to it as I was first reading Edgar Allen Poe. Think I'll go back and spend an afternoon reading your other offerings.

Eric Dierker 3 years agofrom Spring Valley, CA. U.S.A.

I was just warming up on this winter morning, now I am so cold I will go back to bed and start all over again -- brrrr

Phyllis Doyle Burns 3 years agofrom High desert of Nevada.

Such a cold and lonely death. You describe it so well that the reader is right there in the snow with him. Well done, Frank. Up and shared.

Bill Holland 3 years agofrom Olympia, WA

Here's a two-word description for you, Frank....bleakly beautiful! :)

Ruby Jean Fuller 3 years agofrom Southern Illinois

Frank, you my friend are a master at describing death scenes. I'm sitting in my warm computer room , but I felt the cold and his pain. voted up and shared.

FlourishAnyway 3 years agofrom USA

Well written and it reminded me of a tragic case up in Maine of snowmobilers who fell through the icy lake they were riding on. They weren't buried until Spring. Ground was too frozen and so were they.

John Hansen 3 years agofrom Queensland Australia

I'm shivering as I read of this icy death Frank...very vivid imagery in this poem.

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Frank Atanacio 3 years agofrom Shelton

thank you for stopping by dghbrh :) bless you

deergha 3 years agofrom ...... a place beyond now and beyond here !!!

Wonderfully tragic but you always paint a very gloomy picture that is so vivid through your words. It was as if I could feel the deadly chilling wind across my own face in those first lines. Almost was holding my breath till your last sentence and yeah....what an end there it is!!!! You are wonderful as always, Frank. Thank you for this share. Voted up interesting and shared as well.